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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Healing Hoofbeats Of Ct Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 833570737
CT · NTEE F99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Renee Bouffard, Executive Director / CEO ($78,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 35 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 66th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Renee Bouffard — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

35 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 35 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,546 total compensation of comparable organizations → $131,952 $78,000
$29,13610th
$45,87025th
$64,724Median
$89,26375th
$106,55990th
$78,000This org · 66th
p10$29,136
p25$45,870
p50$64,724
p75$89,263
p90$106,559
$78,000

Comparable organizations

Each figure is Form 990 Part VII columns D + F (reportable pay plus other compensation and benefits; column F may include amounts from related organizations), normalized to CT cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Dmax Foundation PA$269,972 Executive Di $100,719 $107,124 2023
Unity Hall CA$275,819 Chairperson $112,628 $103,726 2023
Lower Shore Friends Inc MD$277,577 Executive Director $64,911 $64,724 2023
Intouch Outreach Resource Ctr IN$280,000 Executive Director For Programs $108,000 $121,471 2023
Mental Health Services Of Snohomish WA$283,668 President/ceo, Compass Health $29,848 $27,684 2024
Itp International CA$284,778 President $86,742 $79,886 2023
Operation Happy Nurse VA$286,417 Founder/principal Officer $39,000 $40,162 2023
Intentions NC$289,140 Director $30,000 $33,061 2023
Mental Health News Education Inc MA$290,736 Executive Di $103,219 $93,611 2025
How To Read Your Baby CO$295,443 Executive Director $88,620 $88,030 2024
The Ark Foundation CA$297,592 President $62,219 $55,657 2024
Made Of Millions Foundation Inc NY$242,670 Executive Director/chair Of The Board $29,073 $27,215 2024
First Aid Arts WA$304,007 Board Member $62,694 $59,865 2023
Nami Yolo County CA$237,958 Executive Director $87,400 $80,492 2023
Free To Smile Foundation Inc OH$305,209 Executive Director $120,260 $131,952 2024
Alliance180 Inc NY$306,877 Founder And Director $48,461 $46,705 2023
Breaking The Silence New Mexico NM$309,573 Executive Dir. $63,057 $70,259 2024
Employee Assistance Program Of Warren NY$312,220 Executive Dir. Effective $108,890 $104,943 2023
California Chaplain Corps CA$313,397 Exec. Director $76,310 $68,262 2024
Faithbridge Portland OR$320,862 President $129,162 $127,928 2023
St Bernard Parish Adult Drug Court Inc LA$324,421 Daigle $58,811 $69,068 2023
Comeback Yoga CO$325,609 Executive Director $106,420 $105,712 2024
Teens4teens Help CA$215,165 Co-founder $72,000 $64,406 2024
The Mcclean Fletcher Center Inc MS$212,869 Executive Director $51,827 $58,256 2025
Arlee Rehabilitation Center MT$209,898 Program Director $46,492 $53,450 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CT cost of living and 2023 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.

Methodology

Comparable organizations were drawn from electronically filed IRS Form 990 returns and matched on sector (NTEE code), budget (a size-adaptive revenue band that tightens as the organization grows), and geography (same-state first, broadening only when too few peers qualify); every organization within the band forms the peer set. To compare fairly across regions and years, peer compensation is normalized to CT cost of living (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023) and to the subject's filing year (CPI-U). The figure benchmarked is Form 990 Part VII, Section A, columns D + F — reportable pay plus other compensation, benefits, and deferred amounts (column F may include amounts from related organizations) — with the chief executive matched by role. Related-organization amounts (column E) and institutional trustees are excluded. Full methodology: peerbasis.org/methodology.

Sample, role match & sensitivity

Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:

BasisSubject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default66th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)66th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted69th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted60th

If the percentile moves materially across these definitions, the result is sensitive to methodology choices, and the board should weigh which basis best fits its facts.

Rebuttable presumption of reasonableness · 26 CFR 53.4958-6

Compensation paid by a tax-exempt organization is presumed reasonable — shifting the burden to the IRS — when three requirements are met. This report supplies the comparability data for the second. The board should record the following in its minutes concurrently with its decision:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Renee Bouffard) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
  2. Prior to its determination, the authorized body obtained and relied upon appropriate comparability data, namely the PeerBasis Compensation Comparability Determination dated June 9, 2026, comparing compensation against 35 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $78,000 is reasonable (approximately the 66th percentile of comparable organizations) and documented the basis for this determination concurrently, on [date], by a vote of [__ for / __ against].

Sources: IRS Form 990 e-file data (apps.irs.gov); IRS Business Master File (NTEE classification). Every figure traces to an original public filing — click any organization above to verify it on ProPublica. PeerBasis is a service of Prismind Analytics; its methodology is published, was commissioned for independent adversarial review, and discloses its own limitations. This report is comparability data to support a board's good-faith determination under IRC 4958; it is not legal or tax advice. Generated by PeerBasis on June 9, 2026.